Officials revealed the explosion came 22 minutes after hydrocarbon vapors were unintentionally released and found an ignition source. However, they say no dangerous hydrofluoric acid escaped.

The weekend fire at the Martinez Refining Co.’s facility in Contra Costa County that injured six people and emitted huge plumes of smoke was caused by a leak of hydrocarbon material, company ...

A massive fire that broke out at a refinery last month released more than 7,000 gallons of hydrocarbon materials into the air and hospitalized six workers, according to the 30-day report the ...

Events began around 4 a.m. June 21, she said, when hydrocarbon vapors were released in the alkylation unit that converts crude oil. The unit uses hydrofluoric acid as a catalyst.

Hydrocarbon leak led to Martinez Refining Company fire, officials say Two workers were conducting planned maintenance on one of the refinery’s process units around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday before ...

Two people were killed in a chemical release at Pemex’s 312,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park oil refinery in Texas on Oct. 10, 2024.